2023-04-19 16:00:00
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The Langenheim brothers made a sequence of eight photographs of the solar eclipse of May 26, 1854, which are currently kept at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
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On May 26, 1854, an annular solar eclipse occurred (when a ring of fire dominates the sky) that was photographed by the Langenheim brothers (William and Frederick, both born in Germany), who years earlier had opened a daguerreotype studio in Philadelphia, in the United States. The Langenheim brothers made a sequence of eight photographs, which These are some of the first photographs of a solar eclipse (The first daguerreotype dates from 1851 and was taken by Berkowski in Königsberg, today Kaliningrad, in Russia). Seven daguerreotypes of the eight made by the Langenheim brothers They have been preserved to this day in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.. The eclipse reached New York State at 4:15 p.m. and lasted 2 hours and 22 minutes.
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Eclipse solar
Foto: William Langenheim and Frederick Langenheim / The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gilman Collection, Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation, 2005
Solar eclipse of 1854
One of seven daguerreotypes by the Langenheim brothers held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
Foto: William Langenheim and Frederick Langenheim / The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gilman Collection, Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation, 2005
annular solar eclipse
On May 26, 1854, an annular solar eclipse occurred.
Foto: William Langenheim and Frederick Langenheim / The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gilman Collection, Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation, 2005
Daguerreotype
Daguerreotype of the Langenheim brothers, who were born in Germany but immigrated to the United States.
Foto: William Langenheim and Frederick Langenheim / The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gilman Collection, Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation, 2005
Ring of Fire
A ring of fire dominates the sky during an annular solar eclipse.
Foto: William Langenheim and Frederick Langenheim / The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gilman Collection, Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation, 2005
Daguerreotype of the Langenheim brothers
The Langenheim brothers’ daguerreotypes are some of the earliest ever photographs of a solar eclipse.
Foto: William Langenheim and Frederick Langenheim / The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gilman Collection, Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation, 2005
Daguerreotype of 1854
The Moon retreats ending the solar eclipse in this 1854 daguerreotype.
Foto: William Langenheim and Frederick Langenheim / The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gilman Collection, Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation, 2005
More than two hours long
The eclipse reached New York State at 4:15 p.m. and lasted 2 hours and 22 minutes.
Foto: William Langenheim and Frederick Langenheim / The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gilman Collection, Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation, 2005
7 daguerreotypes
Photograph showing the seven daguerreotypes kept in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
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